Liberal Party

The UK Liberal Party was a liberal party in the United Kingdom that existed from 9 June 1859 to 2 March 1988, founded as an alliance of Whigs and the Radicals. William Gladstone led the party in four governments during the 19th century, and the party created a British welfare state after gaining power in 1906. H.H. Asquith and David Lloyd George, the Prime Ministers from 1908 to 1922, led the party at the time of World War I, securing a victory against the German Empire. However, the UK Labor Party replaced the Liberals as the main opposition party against the UK Conservative Party during the 1920s, and the party declined over the next few decades. In 1988, the party merged into the Liberal Democrats party.